Ponencia invitada: «Cinco daguerrotipos aragoneses y un presunto fraude» / «Five daguerreotypes recovered in Aragón and a suspected falsification», V Conference on research in history of photography, IFC (CSIC), Zaragoza, 26 de octubre de 2023
Researcher:
Hernández Latas, José Antonio
Congress:
V Jornadas sobre investigación en Historia de la Fotografía. 1839-1939: Un siglo de fotografía, 25-27 de octubre de 2023. IFC (CSIC), Zaragoza.
Participation type:
Ponencia plenaria e invitada
Year:
2023
Location:
Institución Fernando el Católico (CSIC), Zaragoza
The purpose of this study is to present the five daguerreotype portraits that have been recovered in recent times, from 2018 to the present day, in the territory of Aragon. In addition, based on the analysis of the advertisements published in the local press by the daguerreotypists, both foreign and local, who practiced their trade in the city of Zaragoza during the 1840s and 1850s, we will characterize the whole of their work. As a complement to this study, different tables have been prepared with the list of the daguerreotypists identified by their names or surnames, as well as statistical tables referring to the months and days of their average stay in the city, the evolution of the prices reached by the daguerreotypes for sale, as well as a list of those professionals who gave photography lessons and, finally, an urban map with the geolocation of their respective locations. The study concludes with the news of the discovery of a daguerreotype for sale, presumably manipulated, attributed to the local photographer Manuel Hortet.
The purpose of this study is to present the five daguerreotype portraits that have been recovered in recent times, from 2018 to the present day, in the territory of Aragon. In addition, based on the analysis of the advertisements published in the local press by the daguerreotypists, both foreign and local, who practiced their trade in the city of Zaragoza during the 1840s and 1850s, we will characterize the whole of their work. As a complement to this study, different tables have been prepared with the list of the daguerreotypists identified by their names or surnames, as well as statistical tables referring to the months and days of their average stay in the city, the evolution of the prices reached by the daguerreotypes for sale, as well as a list of those professionals who gave photography lessons and, finally, an urban map with the geolocation of their respective locations. The study concludes with the news of the discovery of a daguerreotype for sale, presumably manipulated, attributed to the local photographer Manuel Hortet.